Letter: Don't let Gats ruin aspirations 1
Olga Wojtas's report of fears that the Department of Trade and Industry is trying to pressure Universities UK to support the application of the World Trade Organisation's General Agreement on Trade...
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Letter: Don't let Gats ruin aspirations 2
Stephen Phillips suggests that the United States enjoys a more favourable regime of tax relief on gifts to charity than Europe ("In the game of seeking out sponsors, institutions may be gambling...
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Letter: Get real on RAE 1
The inability of some universities to support research (Leader, THES , February 22) is partly a consequence of the "one-size-fits-all" policies of the research councils. Projects funded by these...
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Letter: Get real on RAE 2
Citation counts could form a key component of a slimmed-down RAE (Soapbox, THES , February 15). Citations have three merits: they reflect the view of the international academic community rather than...
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Letter: Get real on RAE 3
I am sorry that Ormond Simpson thought my RAE categories were tongue in cheek (Letters, THES , February 15). I have had to tell colleagues that they were not being submitted, and to commiserate with...
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Letter: Get real on RAE 4
Graham Gibbs's suggestion that researchers should make "pedagogic impact statements" to show how their proposals benefit undergraduate students fills me with foreboding ("Real cost of RAE cuts", THES...
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Letter: Get real on RAE 5
It is not the RAE that has favoured the separation of teaching and research. What seriously undermines research-led teaching is pressure on universities to increase student numbers without receiving...
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Letter: In brief 1
It is absurd for Martin Coyle to suggest that Wales, which has less than half the population of Yorkshire, should have six or seven strong civic universities with their own medical schools (Letters,...
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Letter: In brief 2
Your vice-chancellors and principals pay league included a rise awarded to Robert Withers, principal of the University College of Scarborough (Analysis, THES , February 8). His pay package was not...
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Letter: In brief 3
Patrick Murphy (Letters, THES , February 15) refers to grievances against Association of University Teachers staff. The AUT sets out a comprehensive complaints procedure for members. Complaints...
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Letter: In brief 4
When I was on the staff of Royal Holloway, University of London, I played some part in the events surrounding the sale of three paintings from the picture collection. I have agreed to write an...
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Letter: Top tip on reviewing
May I express my appreciation for Frank Webster's frankness in reviewing my book After Progress : American Social Reform and European Socialism in the Twentieth Century? (Books, THES , February 1)....
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Disparity is a disgrace
Susan Bassnett is outraged that a v-c on a £165,000 salary would pay an academic £16, 500 a year So Margaret Hodge is going to investigate vice-chancellors' pay awards. Not before time. With the...
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Work harder to bring inmore Bulgarian leaders
Educating foreign students brings many benefits. Denis MacShane says we must strive to attract more of them. Just before Christmas the Bulgarian Socialist Party elected a new president. Sergei...
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Leader: Adopting the MIT model will bring a richer, freer future
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology embodies the entrepreneurial model for modern research universities that is being urged on leading United Kingdom institutions by the government and, in...